Posts by RIRMOM

We used grass clippings for a while. It worked well, have used cedar shavings(which we use for our guinea pig cage), and they work great too.....but, the grass clippings are sooo much cheaper!! Good luck. As for laying in the...

Oh, okay....thanks.

I have one RIR hen, (not sure of her age) who lays one large brown egg a day. How do I know if the egg is okay to eat? I have rigged a "candling system" but don't know what I am looking for since the egg is brown and hard to see...

Thanks GamGam.....Loving it!!!

Thanks, RachaelS....I did know about freezing the water bottles as we did that when we had our rabbits and remember how they loved it!!! Didn't think about the screen, though...will give it a try. They like to scratch out holes in the...

Awesome, thank you for the advise....I will do just that. See, this is why I love this site!! 

I am new to the BYC community and have 2 RIRs, A rooster and hen. Adopted them so I don't know their age, but "Betty" lays an egg a day so far(only had them 3 weeks now), hoping that one day she may go broody and we will have chicks....

I want my RIR to go broody already, I want baby chicks....I don't think that she is going to, though. She has laid 14 eggs(an egg a day now) and not sitting on them. My husband says to leave them and she will go broody when she is...

Awwwe....I want my hen and rooster to become more "huggable".....they still won't let me touch them. I finally have them eating out of my hand..but with caution and if I try to reach out slowly to them, they turn away. I know that one...

Well, 3 days after starting the oyster shells and ACV in the water....we have a solid-shell egg!! Yes, it was sorta thin-shelled, but I think that we are on the right track. Also, I give them plain yogurt 3 times a week or so....they...